Improvement in broom or mop clamps



E. CHAPMAN. Improvement in Broom or Mop Clamps. No. 123,083.

PatentedJanISO,1872-- nmuu PATENT OFFICE.

EUGENE CHAPMAN, OF SALISBURY, MISSOURI.

IMPROVEMENT IN BROOM OR MOP CLAMPS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 123,083, dated January30, 1872.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EUGENE CHAPMAN, of Salisbury, in the county ofOhariton and in the State of Missouri, have invented an improvement onmy broom patented to me on 13th September, 1870, No. 107,336 5 alsoknown in said patent as a convertible broom or mop clamp; and do herebydeclare that the followin g is a full, clear, and exact descriptionthereof, reference being had to the annexed drawing making apart of thisspecification. in which like letters of reference refer to like parts,and in which- Figure 1 represents a side elevation of the clamp andbroom; Fig. 2, end elevation of clamp, 850.

(Scale of drawing five inches to one foot.)

This improvement relates to the extension of the lower part of thehandle of the broom or mop, which carries said clamp, below the conicalreceiver which holds the broom material as far as the jaws of the clamp,where a cross-piece is fastened at a right angle to the handle, parallelwith and between the jaws, and provided with teeth or pins along itssides opposite to the jaws, on either side, for the purpose ofstiffening and holding the inserted broom material, or for holding themop ma terial.

A represents the conical receiver, of tin or sheet iron, attached by atube, forming its upper part, to the handle of the broom, which passesinto it, leaving the flattened portion D of said handle projecting belowthe mouth of the cone A as far as the jaws of the clamp B B, at whichpoint is fastened securely to the end of said extension of the handle D,and at a right angle to the same the cross-piece G, the latter beingparallel with the jaws of the clamp, and between them or near them. Theouter sides of the cross-piece are provided with a row of small pins,nails, or wire points, to hold the brush or broom material from slidingto the right or left of the handle, in conjunction with the clamp B B.The latter are strong wires, one on each side of the cross-piece (J andparallel therewith, whence they are bent upward and pivoted in theoutward corners of the receiver A. A ring, I) 11,011 either sideparts ofthe clamp, can be pressed down said adjoining parts to bring the jawstogether.

The operation of the mop and broom clamp is as follows: The broommaterial is inserted between the jaws of the clamp B B, and on eitherside of the cross-piece G, into the receiver A. The pins 61 d d, &c.,serve to prevent any displacement sidewise of. the twigs or material ofthe broom when the clamps B B are drawn together and secured by thesliding rings 1) b on the converging ends of the clamps. The cross-pieceU and its stem D, or extension of the broom-handle, conjoin to form afirm stay or stifl'ener through the greater part of the broom materialor broom proper, greatly adding to the strength, durability, andshapeliness of the broom, and also forms a better base or part to whichto attach the mop material, as the teeth d d, &c., hold the tagssecurely. The ends of the clamps B B are simply bent inward and insertedinto holes or pivots, two on a side, in each lower outward corner of thereceiver A, and small wire may be bound around that part of the jaws ofthe clamps which pass in front of the pins d d, &c., to assistinretaining the broom material or the rags.

What I claim as my invention is- In a broom or mop clamp the combinationand construction of the wooden handle D, extended below thebroom-receiver A, terminating in a single wooden cross-piece, 0, theiron pins or nails d d (1, the clamps B B, rings b b, and broom-receiverA, all working together as and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing mopclamp or improvement therein,I have hereunto set my hand this 16th day of October, 1871.

EUGENE CHAPMAN.

Witnesses:

J. G. O. BURRUSS, D. W. CHAPMAN.

